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My kitchen has one last project to finish, but a few projects still need to be shared here on the blog. This is my dream kitchen. Even though I have champagne taste, I still only have a beer budget. Obviously, doing the work myself with the help of IronFish and my boss, Dave, we only […]

Despite the lack of posts on the blog lately, the kitchen is moving along nicely. We are using the kitchen every single day, even though I still have a few little projects to finish up in order to share a final reveal. Today I wanted to share my DIY Industrial Shelving even though I don’t […]

Another edition of my DIY adventures in renovating my kitchen. Because I have champagne taste on a beer budget, not only were we doing the much of the labor ourselves, but the customization so we could get the best bang for our buck. The cabinets I selected have the soft close doors and drawers and […]

Electrical outlets aren’t exactly the most exciting part of a kitchen renovation, but they are rather important. While I planned several days for demo, tiling the floor, installing cabinets, having the counter tops installed, the electrical also had to be planned for. But instead of a set day, I had to plan on when electrical […]

I am not exaggerating when I say I was literally dancing around my kitchen the morning my counter tops were installed. A full kitchen remodel takes a great deal of planning. Months before demo day I began the process of selecting counter tops. The process was both exciting and educational and I’ll share it with you […]

Now that the floor is done, the next big install in our DIY kitchen is the cabinets. Certain ones impacted the placement of others and needed to be installed first. Here’s how we dealt with some obstacles and continued building our dream kitchen. Continuing the method of no cropping and showing you the behind the […]

The kitchen is progressing nicely. With the floors fully tiled we moved to working on the walls. As part of the plan, we had removed all the old drywall and insulation. If we’re going to go to the work and expense of a new kitchen, the least we can do is improve the energy efficiency […]

The kitchen is coming along. With demo done the first major project is tiling the floor. I selected a large scale pattern of two sizes of the same tile. Tiling from the mudroom through the kitchen and into the dining room brings the space together. My dream kitchen is becoming a reality! Please note: I’m […]

The kitchen renovation is moving right along. I’m a little behind in sharing the process, but I’m hoping to catch up with the pictures this week! You can’t have a whole new kitchen without starting with demo. So, today I’ll be sharing #DemoDay or at least the first day of it! Similar to the before […]

When I began the plans for renovating my kitchen, I knew I wanted to change the lighting. I knew I wanted pendant accent lights as well as recessed and under cabinet lights. The rickety old ceiling fan with only occasionally working lights needs to go. As does the “Tiffany” style light that should have hung […]